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8 By nature, SAP workloads tend to have volatile demand – monthly, quarterly, and annual reports create temporary peaks followed by extended valleys. On-premises, you're required to pay upfront for IT resources to support these peaks, while watching these investments go largely unused during non-peak times. Adding to these costs is hardware refreshes, which require huge expenses every 3-5 years to keep systems up to date. By running SAP on the cloud, you can solve both problems. Cloud computing provides on- demand resources, which allow you to provision only what you need, when you need it (and de-provision these resources when they're not needed). As a result, you pay only for the IT resources you use. Since the peaks of SAP workloads are quite predictable, you can also provision reserved compute instances, which can save you up to 75% depending on the cloud provider. Cloud providers handle all hardware maintenance and refresh costs, meaning recurring capital investments in hardware are a thing of the past. Save money versus on-premises 8 "To date, we've achieved a 52 percent reduction in our total cost of ownership due to using the AWS Cloud and plan to continue migrating critical applications to AWS... " – Ben Cabanas, CTO, GE Transportation 8